Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Carnan, County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carnan
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.65949, -7.63318
- SMR number
- LF020-028----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In level, low-lying pasture. A report in 1976 (SMR file) noted that this raised subcircular area (c. 40m E-W; c. 38m N-S) was defined by a low bank of earth. It is defined by a scarp (H 0.7-0.8m) and a wide, shallow, external fosse (Wth 4m; D 0.3m). At SW it is truncated by a NW-SE field boundary. The original entrance is not recognisable. A low bank of earth and stone (probably the remains of a field boundary) is evident in the NW quadrant of the interior.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.